Hilliard hearing from Clemson, USC

Class of 2015 LB Justin Hilliard (6-2 225) of Cincinnati has an offer from USC and is hearing from Clemson. Hilliard has nearly 30 offers to include USC, Texas A&M, Florida State, Penn State, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa. Though he could not make the trip to Clemson, Hilliard says he remains in contact with the Tigers. "I talk to Clemson a good bit," he said. "They really wanted me to go the camp but I couldn't make it. They're still telling me they're very interested. I'll probably try to go down there for a game." USC is also maintaining contact with Hilliard. "I talk to them mostly through Facebook," he added. The camps that Hilliard was able to attend this summer were Michigan, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Penn State. Hilliard plans to attend several football games this upcoming season and says his father is planning the trip. "We're planning on seven games but we may just make it to six," said Hilliard. "I know we've scheduled a trip to South Carolina for a game. I can't remember which game it is though." Michigan, Notre Dame and Arkansas are other games he plans to attend. As a sophomore, Hilliard totaled 68 tackles and two interceptions. He plans to narrow is list to ten in the near future and says Clemson and USC will be schools he considers strongly for that list.

The regular season ended last night for Huntington Prep, WV and the team won't play again until the national tournament in New York City in early April. That should give 6-10 center Levi Cook plenty of time to recover from a twisted knee that kept him out of last night's game. And it also will give him time to make his official visits.

OL Parker Boudreaux of Orlando reports an amazing total of over 70 offers at this point. About 15 of those programs have separated from the pack and Clemson is firmly in that group. Boudreaux visited Clemson last season for the North Carolina game and raved about the experience. He is returning this Saturday for a junior day and will bring...

OL Luke Elder of LaGrange, GA holds offers from about 15 schools including USC and Clemson. Some of his other offers are Ole Miss, Cal, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Florida State and Vanderbilt. He doesn't yet have favorites but he plans to formulate a top 10 or in the near future, and he...

Clemson holds its second junior day for the 2016 recruiting season this Saturday and one of the invitees is Bamberg-Ehrhardt OL Drew Wilson (6-4 290). Clemson has had a lot of success attracting top talent from the Red Raiders' program over the years and Wilson is another drawing the Tigers' interest according to assistant coach and recruiting...

OL John Simpson of Fort Dorchester won his first 4A heavyweight wrestling championship over the weekend. His wrestling season limited the amount of football recruiting travel he could get in over the past couple of months, but Simpson is ready to move forward with that now.